It's A Curious Thing To Be Accused Of Depressing Democratic Votes, When Elected Democratics...

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49. Why guess?

Here are the facts:

"In recent polls by the Pew Research Group, the Opinion Research Corporation, the Wall Street Journal, and CBS News, the American majority has made clear how it feels. Look at how the majority feels about some of the issues that you'd think would be gospel to a real Democratic Party:

1. 65 percent (of ALL Americans, Democrats AND Republicans) say the government should guarantee health insurance for everyone -- even if it means raising taxes.

2. 86 percent favor raising the minimum wage (including 79 percent of selfdescribed "social conservatives&quot .

3. 60 percent favor repealing either all of Bush's tax cuts or at least those cuts that went to the rich.

4. 66 percent would reduce the deficit not by cutting domestic spending but by reducing Pentagon spending or raising taxes.

5. 77 percent believe the country should do "whatever it takes" to protect the environment.

6. 87 percent think big oil corporations are gouging consumers, and 80 percent (including 76 percent of Republicans) would support a windfall profits tax on the oil giants if the revenues went for more research on alternative fuels.

7. 69 percent agree that corporate offshoring of jobs is bad for the U.S. economy (78 percent of "disaffected" voters think this), and only 22% believe offshoring is good because "it keeps costs down."

http://alternet.org/story/29788/

Combine those issues with an American Idol face,
AND Party support & funds,
and we got a WINNER!

21st Century America does NOT vote on the issues.
They vote for Name Recognition and a pretty face.
With decent marketing, the more ambiguous the stand on the issue, the better the chances in the election.
See: Obama, 2008.
Sad but true.

The biggest problem grassroots, Pro-Working Class Democrats have had
is making is beyond the Democratic Primary,
where the White House (Party) endorsement, support, and funds from the DCCC and DSCC goes to the Blue Dogs
and DLC "Centrists".

SEE: Arkansas Primary 2010
where the Blue Dog Anti-HealthCare, Anti-LABOR Blue Dog (Blanche Lincoln) was solidly supported by the White House against
a popular, gross roots, Pro-Labor, Lt Governor Bill Halter in the Democratic Primary.
The White House even sent the Old DLC Dog, Bill Clinton, back to Arkansas to rescue Blue Dog Blanche Lincoln.
Adding insult to injury, a "White House Spokesman" ridiculed the Grassroots & Unions for "wasting $10 Million Dollars"
supporting a pro-LABOR Democrat in the Democratic Primary.

What happened in Arkansas was mirrored in other states,
while good Liberal Democrats were left to fend for themselves.

Paul Wellstone routinely won support in RED areas of Minnesota simply because he STOOD unambiguously for the Working Class,
and had the voting record to prove it.



[font color=firebrick][center]"There are forces within the Democratic Party who want us to sound like kinder, gentler Republicans.
I want a party that will STAND UP for Working Americans."
---Paul Wellstone [/font][/center]
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[font size=1]photo by bvar22
Shortly before Sen Wellstone was killed[/center][/font]